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relating to the circular bioeconomy, the sustainable use of natural resources, the protection of the environment and rural development.
We aim to enhance our members' success in education, research and innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy and society, by engaging with European and global institutions and networks, to share experience, cooperate in new ventures, and benefit from the resulting synergy.
Programme
Wednesday 24 October at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg
16.30 | Coffee for those attending the ICA General Assembly |
17.00 | ICA General Assembly |
19.30 | GA Closure |
20.00 | ICA Forum Reception and Walking Dinner |
Thursday 25 October at the Wageningen University Campus
Session 1: The potential and challenges of high tech in agriculture and the food value chain
8.50 | Welcome Marek S Szyndel, President of ICA and Warsaw University of Life Sciences Arthur Mol, Rector Magnificus, Wageningen University and Research |
Chair: Antanas Maziliauskas, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), LT | |
9.10 | Keynote 1: Big data opportunities for food and agriculture: research and education challenges Kevin McDonnell, University College Dublin, IE |
9.45 | Keynote 2: Precision Farming: advances in high tech, data-driven agriculture at field, farm and regional level Corne Kempenaar, Senior Scientist Agrosystems Research, Wageningen University and Research, NL |
10.20 | Coffee |
10.45 | Keynote 3: High Tech in the Food Value Chain – non-invasive sensing of food quality in manufacturing, distribution and retail Wouter Saeys, Department of Biosystems, MeBioS-Biophotonics, KULeuven, BE |
11.20 | Keynote 4: High Tech in the Food Value Chain - digitisation in industrial food processing and packaging Marc Mauermann, Deputy Director Division Processing Technology Dresden, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, DE |
12.00 | Lunch |
12.30 | Visit to Wageningen University's High Tech Greenhouses Research Facilities with short presentations of ongoing research - more details |
Session 2: Issues in the responsible use new technology and big data, for consideration by universities in responding to their mission in education, research and management
Chair: Richard Visser, Wageningen University and Research, NL | |
14.00 | Keynote 5: Key challenges in the management of Big Data – for the institution and the indivdual Barteld Braaksma, Innovation Manager, Statistics Netherlands, NL |
14.30 | Keynote 6: Ethical issues relating to the application of Big Data Andreas Jedlitschka, Head of Department Data Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), DE (TBC) |
15.00 | Keynote 7: Legal issues relating to the use of high tech – as exemplified by novel plant breeding technologies Petra Jorasch, Manager Plant Breeding and Innovation Advocacy, European Seed Association, BE |
15.30 | Coffee |
16.00 | Short interventions |
16.30 | Roundtable Discussion session |
17.30 | Report back |
18.00 | Closure |
20.00 | ICA Forum Dinner - celebrating 30 years of the Association Speech: Dr Christian Patermann, International Bioeconomy Adviser |
Friday 26 October at the Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg
Session 3: The Strategic and Policy role of Life Science Universities in applying High Tech to address the challenge of achieving global food and nutrition security in a sustainable world
Chair: Marek S Szyndel, President of ICA & Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL | |
9.00 | Keynote 8: Strategic Industry 4.0 – agriculture/forestry 4.0 – university 4.0? Strategic policy at BOKU to address digitisation Martin Gerzabek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AT |
9.30 | Keynote 9: CASE IH Agriculture 4.0 Vik Vandecaveye, Precision Solutions & Telematics division, Case IH Agricultural Business |
10.00 | Keynote 10: Objectives and considerations of (Big) data science education in Life Sciences domain Lukasz Grus, Wageningen Data Competence Centre, Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing Wageningen University and Research, NL |
10.30 | Coffee |
11.00 | Roundtable Discussion session |
12.00 | Report Back |
12.30 | Closure |
13.00 | Lunch |